The outside groups boosting New York City candidates

Outside spending in New York City elections can be a beast to follow. Full of political action committees with strategically vague names, the world of campaign finance extends far beyond candidates for office raising and spending money on their own.

From the mayor’s race to borough president matchups to City Council primaries, independent expenditure committees (as they’re called in New York City) are deeply involved in this year’s elections. Interested parties spending big (and sometimes smaller) bucks on behalf of candidates include casino lobbyists, pro-housing development groups, tech companies lobbying for less regulation, and the home of the New York Knicks.

With less than a month before Election Day, we broke down some of the influential committees to watch, along with their spending on candidates so far. Spending data provided by the New York City Campaign Finance Board is current as of May 27.


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